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The Newell Township handbook

Living in Newell Township, IL: what to set up and who to call

Aqua Illinois-Vermilion County has a clean five-year EPA record, but its latest lead result, 9.0 ppb, was higher than 97% of similar systems’ (the action level is 15). AT&T and Xfinity both wire most of Newell Township; 42% of addresses can get fiber.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Newell Township, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Newell Township.

Electricity

Power comes from Ameren Illinois Company

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Newell Township. Its homes paid an average of 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $148 a month (its average across Illinois, for customers on its standard service). Illinois lets you buy power from another supplier; 45% of Ameren Illinois Company’s home customers do, and Ameren Illinois Company still delivers it.

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Aqua Illinois-Vermilion County

Aqua Illinois-Vermilion County supplies Newell Township: about 84% of residents live in its service area. Bismarck Community Water District serves another 6%. About 10% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water and serves 30,106 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile9.0 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Jun 2026, was 9.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 13.0 ppb. That’s higher than 97% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. IL1835120.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Newell Township

98% of 5,567 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 42% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless, Fiber85%5,000/5,000
XfinityCable, Fiber82%1,200/35
FrontierDSL8%90/5
ConxxusFiber6%8,000/8,000
VerizonFixed wireless78%300/20
T-MobileFixed wireless56%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Newell Township’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Newell Township.

Trash, recycling and bulk pickupNot on fileOpenStreetMap lists no public drop-off in Newell Township or within 5 miles (as of Oct 9, 2026); map coverage varies by town.
Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Newell Township kids go to
PK–4Bismarck-Henning Elem SchoolBismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District
5–8Bismarck-Henning Jr High SchoolBismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District
9–12Coop HS 1Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District

Most of Newell Township (84%) is in Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District; parts are in Danville Community Consolidated School District 118 (16%).

BSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Town HallBudget, officials, electionsNewell Township’s government in one page
Who runs elections hereDanville City Board of Election CommissionersElections here are run by City of Danville (city board of elections). Most of Newell Township (73%) votes here; the rest in Vermilion County (27%). 201 North Vermilion St., Danville, IL 61832 · (217) 554-1932 · [email protected]FVAP, Jun 2025
Register to voteOnlineIn Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before).vote.govCheck your registration and polling placeova.elections.il.govThe state’s voter lookup

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.

ZIP codes & area codes

Newell Township spans 3 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Newell Township residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Newell TownshipZIP’s residents in Newell Township
61832Danville, IL78%33%
61834Danville, IL13%23%
61814Bismarck, IL9%100%

A few homes fall in 61811.

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Newell Township

Who supplies Newell Township’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Aqua Illinois-Vermilion County (EPA ID IL1835120). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 9.0 ppb (Jan–Jun 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Newell Township?

Ameren Illinois Company (Ameren Illinois Company), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Newell Township?

AT&T, Xfinity, Frontier, Conxxus, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Newell Township?

61832 (78%), 61834 (13%), 61814 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Newell Township in?

Bismarck-Henning Consolidated Unit School District. Parts of the city are in Danville Community Consolidated School District 118.

How do I register to vote in Newell Township?

In Illinois you can register online until 16 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before). Elections here are run by the Danville City Board of Election Commissioners. Check your registration at ova.elections.il.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.